Read this excerpt from Susan Glaspell's play, The Verge and answer the question that
follows.
This play is not set in modern times. Which of the following excerpts includes an old-
fashioned description that helps establish the time period?
Now, what do you mean, Anthony, by not answering the phone when I buzz for you?
And where's my breakfast about to flower?-that's what I want to know.
And you've not got the wit to know that that's why it's the Edge Vine.
But please do. This stormy air is not good for the plants.